R+D Artist Spotlight: Wesleigh Gates
“This particular constellation of thoughts and feelings is definitely messy and a little bit distressing! But that’s how I like my art…”
“This particular constellation of thoughts and feelings is definitely messy and a little bit distressing! But that’s how I like my art…”
“I have always been drawn to the things that haunt us.”
“The body as a container for knowledge–even inchoate or chaotic or weird knowledge–is a theme I find myself returning to, again and again.”
Interest forms for R+D and R+D: For Parents/Guardians– programs which provide early project support– are due May 15.
Daniel Corral is a composer, performer, and an R+D For Parents/Guardians artist. His musical composition, 9 for 60, expands on two past projects featuring custom-built instruments. Through a residency at Studio Luna in Boyle Heights, Daniel was able to design and build instruments to be featured in his next compositions.
Sharon Chohi Kim is a voice artist, performer and composer and a 2023 R+D artist. Haenyeo is an emerging interdisciplinary performance reflecting on the relationship between the decline of the free-diving women of Korea called haenyeo and the rise of industrial development and marine habitat loss.